Philip Somerville

Please see Sir Reginald Hardy: A History of the Parish of Tatenhill; https://archive.org/details/cu31924017858899/page/n57/mode/2up. The original line of Philip and Roger V, as sons of a Roger IV, himself a son of Robert, offered by Sir James Somerville, has been shown to be inaccurate, as they were not sons of another Roger, but sons, along with Edmund, of Robert and Isabel de Merlay. (Steven Ferry, May 18, 2022.)

PHILIP OF SOMERVILLE

Of Sir Philip de Somervill, the tenth Lord of Whichenour, the last of the Male Lyne of that House and Familie in England Memorie of the Somervills I: 96

Memorie of the Somervills I: pp. 96-107

Evidence from the English Privy Seal Register

2 May 1337: Writ to the Chancellor for Sir Philip de Somerville, knight, brother and heir of Roger de Somerville, deceased, who has done homage for his lands in Northumberland, to receive them after giving his fealty. Tower of London. [Privy Seals (Tower), 11 Edw. III, File 6.] CDS III: number 1229 on p. 225

Evidence from the English Plea Rolls

1361-62 [34 Edw. III]: Collections for a History of Staffordshire. Edited by Sir William Salt. Volume XIII. (Harrison and Sons, London 1892), p. 4

Evidence from the English Close Rolls

24 May 1355: Rhys ap Griffith as the husband of Joan, the eldest daughter of Philip de Somervill and Margaret, his wife. The younger daughter and co-heiress was Elizabeth, who had married John de Stafford, but was now dead. Elizabeth's share of the Somervill property, therefore, fell to her daughter and heir Maud, now under age, and for whom her father, John de Stafford, was guardian. On the 28th March, 1356, Maud was of age and was the wife of Edmund Vernoun. Collections for a History of Staffordshire. Edited by Sir William Salt. Volume XII. New Series (Harrison and Sons, London 1909), page 281

Extracts from the English Plea Rolls

1361-62 [34 Edw. III]: Collections for a History of Staffordshire. Edited by Sir William Salt. Volume XIII. (Harrison and Sons, London 1892), p. 4

Genealogy

1. Memorie of the Somervilles; being a history of the baronial house of Somerville. By James, eleventh Lord Somerville. Edited by Sir Walter Scott. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. (Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh, 1815), 495 pp.
2. Memorie of the Somervilles; being a history of the baronial house of Somerville. By James, eleventh Lord Somerville. Edited by Sir Walter Scott. In Two Volumes. Vol II. (Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh, 1815), 487 pp. plus Errata
3. Family Tree: Sir Philip de Somervill

Biographical Summaries

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Philip SOMERVILLE , of Wychnor & Cossington, Sir (Robert SOMERVILLE , of Wychnor & Great Benton,Sir7, John SOMERVILLE , of Wychnor & Cossington, Sir6, Roger de SOMERVILLE , of Wychnor, Sir5, Roger de SOMERVILLE , of Wychnor, Sir4, Roger de SOMERVILLE , of Wychnor, Sir3, Gaulter de SOMERVILLE , of Wychnor, Sir2, Gaulter de SOMERVILLE , Sir1) was born ABT 1278 in Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, and died 23 JAN 1355/56 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England. He married Margaret de PYPE, daughter of Thomas de PYPE , and Tysoe, Sir and Johanna JARPENVILLE. She was born ABT 1290 in Tysoe, Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, England, and died AFT 1325. Children of Philip SOMERVILLE , of Wychnor & Cossington, Sir and Margaret de PYPE are: I Joan SOMERVILLE , Heiress of Wychnor was born ABT 1310 in Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, and died 1376. ii. Elizabeth SOMERVILLE was born ABT 1312 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England, and died 1341 in (in childbirth). Rootsweb

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Knight of the Shire for Staffordshire, Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, younger son... He married before 1308 MARGARET DE PIPE, daughter of Thomas de Pipe, Knt. They had two daughters, Joan and Elizabeth (wife of John de Stafford). In 1300 his older brother, Edmund de Somerville, assigned him various lands which had been held in dower by their mother, Isabel. In 1308 and again in 1312 the Sheriff of Staffordshire was ordered to distrain Philip and his wife, Margaret, and to produce them in Court to complete a fine levied at York between William de Jarpenville, plaintiff, and the said Philip and Margaret, deforciants of two messuages and lands in Draycott-under-Nedewode, Staffordshire, as agreed between them. In 1316 Reginald de Leghton and Alice his wife and others sued him for a messuage and 45 acres of land in Tunstall, Staffordshire; Philip prayed a view, and the suit was adjourned to the morrow of St. John the Baptist. In 1317 he sued Edmund de Somerville in a plea that he should warrant to him a messuage and 45 acres of land in Tunstall, Staffordshire, which Reginald de Leghton and Alice his wife, and others claimed. In 1318 Alice widow of William de Jarpenville recovered a third of two parts of the manor of Draycott, Staffordshire as dower against him. The same year Reginald de Leghton and Alice his wife and others sued him for a messuage and 45 acres of land in Tunstall, Staffordshire; Philip called to warranty Edmund de Somerville who appeared and warranted the tenements to him. In 1323 he sued Walter de Montgomery and Joan his wife, Vincent de Gresley, and others for coming vi et armis to Alrewas, Staffordshire, and forcibly removing cattle which he had lawfully impounded there, and for beating and illtreating his servants. In 1324-5 he and Philip de Luttele were appointed commissioners to establish uniform measures of wine, beer, and wheat in Staffordshire. His wife, Margaret, was living in 1325. He was heir in 1337 to his younger brother, Roger de Somerville, Knt., of Burton Agnes, Yorkshire. He may be regarded as the second founder of Balliol College at Oxford University, to which institution he added new scholars to the number of fellows as well as one chaplain. SIR PHILIP DE SOMERVILLE died 23 (or 29) January 1355, and was buried at Burton Agnes, Yorkshire